Richard leiimann



(No Model.)

R. LEHMANN.

ASH SIFTEB.

No. 589,841. Patented Sept. 14,1897x UNITED STATES PATENT Prion.

RICHARD LEIIMANN, Oh BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK, ASSZGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN A. QUELL, OF SAME PLACE.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 589,841, dated September 14, 1897.

Application filed October 19 1896. $erial No. 609,281. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, RICHARD LEHMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Ashfiifters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to that class of ashsifters which embody a closed vessel in which is horizontally mou nt'ed a sifting-pan and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved ash-sifterof this character which will be comparatively inexpensive in construction, which will provide in its ens tirety a device especially adapted for domestic use, and which will, furthermore, possess advantages in point of ease of operation, cleanliness, convenience, effectiveness, and general ediciency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ash-sitter embodying my improvements. Fig. is a verticaltransverse sectional view. Fig. is a top or plan view with the cover removed.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the I body, in the top portion of which the sifting pan is mounted, the lower portion of the body providing a dust-receptacle. A cover 3 is provided for closing the top of the body during the operation of the sifter. This cover embodies a downwardly-projecting flange b, in which are formed right-angular slot-s Z2, adapted to be engaged by interior nibs or projections a near the top edge of the body for the purpose of securely locking said'cover in position.

The body A may be in the general form or shape of a bucket, as herein illustrated, and may be provided with a pivoted bail or handle C, by which it maybe conveniently transported.

Within the body, at a suitable point of elevationpis provided a skeleton supportingframe D for the sifting-pan. This frame preferably embodies arms (2, rotating from a common center, at which central point is provided a bearing eye or opening (1.

E designates the sifting-pan, which is of ton bottom formed of transverse cross pieces or arms a, carrying at a central point a downwardly-projecting bearing pin or stud e which is received by the bearing-eye cl in the supportingdrame D. The cross pieces orarms 8 support and carry a wire-netting 6 forming the bottom proper of the siftingpan.

The wall 6 of the sitter embodies a downwardly-projecting annular bottom flange c extending below the skeleton bottom e and adapted to rest upon the arms cl of the supporting-frame D when the sifter is operated.

The sifting-pan is separable or removable from the body A, and is provided near its top edge with a laterally-projecting handle F, having a reduced portion f, fitting and adapted to be received by a right-angular slot gin the top edge and side wall a of the body.

hen the sifting-pan is placed in position within the body and the top or cover is locked in connection with the latter, the projecting operating-arm of the pan is locked in the guide-slot g and imparts reciprocatory movement in a rotary or circular plane.

\Vhen the device is in operative position and the cover is on the body, the device is closed against any escape of dust or other products of sifting, and in this connection I provide a sliding plate H, of segmental contour, exteriorly connected with the side of the body by means of key knobs or projections 71- h, projecting from the body and received by longitudinal slots h h in said plate. This sliding plate is adapted to at all times close the guide-slot g during the l'GGlPIOCik tion of the sifting-pan, and to effect a corresponding movement of the plate with the sifting-pan the former is provided with a vertical slot or recess 72 intersecting the terminal portion of the gnide-slot g and receiving the laterally-projecting handle F, so that the plate is locked in connection with the handle during the movement of the same.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved ash-Sifter, comprising a body having the top or cover, said body having near the top of the interior edge projections adapted to engage slots in the flange of the cover, and provided interioriy with the skeleton supporting-frame, and with the right-angularguide-slotin its side wall at the top edge, and the sifting-pan having a central bearing upon said interior skeleton frame and provided with the downwardiy-projeeting ann 11- lar bottom flange or edge resting upon said I0 frame, the sifting-pan being provided with a laterally-projecting handle received by said guide-slot and being locked in position by said slot in conjunction with the top or cover. substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of October, 1896.

RICHARD LEHMANN. Vitnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, O. O. WINGE. 

